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2007
Science Fair Winners Selected—
Deer
Valley & DeLaSalle go on to International Competition in May
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2007
Science Fair award-winners stand before a community audience of
over 200 on Saturday, March 24, as Contra Costa concludes this year's
Intel-affiliated Contra Costa Science & Engineering Fair.
Center
stage Grand Prize winners (holding ribbons from left to right) Jaqueline
Peterson, Alicia Terwilliger, Justin Spahn, Alexander Fung. Surrounding
the sweepstakes winners (from left to right) Jacquie Hayes, LeticiaDeBrito,
Tyler Harper (back), Manutej Mulavcusala (back), Alekzandir Morton
(back), Thomas Travagli and Cici Chen.
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Ninety-three
projects competed for ribbons and special prizes at this year's
Intel-affiliated Contra Costa Science & Engineering Fair held
March 22, 23 & 24 at Heald Conference Center in Concord. Over
one hundred 7th through 12th graders from 13 middle and high schools
in Contra Costa were on hand for this second-year event.
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top honors in Senior Division were: |
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Alexander
Fung, DeLaSalle High School for his engineering entry, "Shower
Drain Water Heat Recovery Through Submersive Heat Exchanger" |
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Justin
Spahn, Deer Valley High School for his engineering project,
"Airfoil Efficiency as Determined by Camber" |
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top honors in Junior Division
were: |
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Jacqueline
Peterson from Holy Rosary School in Antioch for her entry
in the Biological Category, "It's the Source of Course—Different
Sources of Water Affect Plant Growth." |
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Alicia
Terwilliger from Clayton Valley High School for her entry
in the Biological Category, "Can You Hear That?" |
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Senior Division winners go on to international competition in Albuquerque,
New Mexico in May. Several of the fair's first place winners will
go on to compete in the California State Science Fair, also scheduled
in May.
To
see the full list of 2007 Science Fair
Award Winners, you may access them here:
The
Contra Costa Science Fair confers Special
Awards to outstanding projects which are determined by
specific companies or industry associations across the country.
Locally, students received some outstanding honors from such organizations
as Bio-Rad Laboratories, John Muir Health, Mirant, Society of Petroleum
Engineers—Golden Gate Sector, and Northern California Chapter
of the American Vacuum Society. You may view this years special
awards through the following link.
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Contra
Costa businesses joined with K-12 educators to establish an Intel-affiliated
Science & Engineering Fair in Contra Costa County in 2006. It was
a great success and we have scheduled the third annual event on
April 3, 4 & 5, 2008 at Heald Conference Center in Concord.
Before
2006, Contra Costa students interested in competing in the International
Science & Engineering Fair were required to compete in the Intel-affiliated
San Francisco Bay Area fair.
An
Intel ISEF-affiliated science fair is a science competition that
is a member of the Intel ISEF network. These competitions exist
in every state in the U.S. and 40 countries. All Intel ISEF-affiliated
science fairs register with Science Service and must consist of
five participating high schools or 50 students in the 7th-12th grades.
Fairs are conducted at local, regional, state and national levels.
The winners of the Contra Costa Science & Engineering Fair (CCSEF)
go on to compete in the International Science & Engineering Fair
each spring. In 2008, the International Fair will be held in Atlanta,
Georgia on May 11-17.
| Get
Involved with the Contra Costa Science Fair! |
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you would like additional information about the Contra Costa
Science & Engineering Fair or would like to get involved,
please let us know. If you are a teacher, please indicate your
interest here. If you are a student,
please go to your webpage here. If
you represent a business, you can get involved in a variety
of ways. Look here. |
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